Ben Summerskill, the chief executive of Stonewall, said before announcing the winner: “We’re always clear that we engage with people who disagree with Stonewall in a respectful manner. Yet, when gay people are demeaned simply for the way they are born, we will challenge those words”.

He continued: “For every young person growing up gay in Britain and around the world, we—each and everyone of us—have a responsibility to challenge bigotry and prejudice”.

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